Cerita bagus MakNgah. Namun agar statusnya tidak menjadi qila wa qola, ambo lengkapkan sumber cerita tentang Imam Abu Hanifah muda yang diforward Leila Budiman ini:
*[Adapted into English from "Manâqib Abî Hanîfah" written by Imâm Muwaffaq Ibn Ahmad al-Makki (d. 568 Hijri). Dar al - Kitâb al-'Arabiy, Beirut, 1981/1401H.]* Salam, ANB 2014-12-16 8:52 GMT+07:00 Sjamsir Sjarif <[email protected]>: > > I received a WhatsApp message from a good friend, Leila Budiman, currently > lives in Melbourne, Australia. I'd like to forward this message FYI. > > Salam, > -- Sjamsir Sjarif > Santa Cruz, California > > True Story, very interesting... > > There was once a man who was an enemy to Islam. He had three famous > questions that no person could answer. No Islamic scholar in Baghdad could > answer his three questions...thus he made fun of Islam in public. He > constantly ridiculed Islam and the Muslims. One day a small boy, who`s age > was 10, came along and heard the man yelling and screaming at Muslims in > the street. He was challenging people openly to answer the three questions. > > The boy stood quietly and watched. He then decided that he would challenge > the man. He walked up and told the man, "I will accept your challenge". > > The man laughed at the boy and ridiculed the Muslims even more by saying, > "A ten year old boy challenges me. Is this all you people have to offer!" > > But the boy patiently reiterated his stance. He would challenge the man, > and with Allah`s help and guidance, he would put this to an end. The man > finally accepted. > > The entire city gathered around a small "hill" where open addresses were > usually made. The man climbed to the top, and in a loud voice asked his > first question. > > "What is your God doing right now?" > > The small boy thought for a little while and then told the man to climb > down the hill and to allow him to go up in order to address the question. > > The man says "What? You want me to come down?" > > The boy says, "Yes. I need to reply, right?" > > The man made his way down and the small boy, age 10, with his little feet > made his way up. > > This small child`s reply was "Oh Allah Almighty! You be my witness in > front of all these people. You have just willed that a Kafir be brought > down to a low level, and that a Muslim be brought to a high level!" > > The crowd cheered and screamed "Takbir"...."Allah-hu-akbar!!!" > > The man was humiliated, but he boldly asked his Second question... "What > existed before your God?" > > The small child thought and thought. > > Then he asked the man to count backwards. "Count from 10 backwards." > > The man counted..."10, 9 ,8 , 7 , 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,0" > > The boy asked, "What comes before 0 ?" > > The man: "I don`t know...nothing." > > The boy: "Exactly. Nothing was before Allah, for He is eternal and > absolute." > > The crowd cheered again...."Takbir!"...."Allah-hu-akbar!!!!" > > The man, now completely frustrated, asked his final question. "In which > direction is your Allah facing?" > > The boy thought and thought. > > He then asked for a candle. A candle was brought to him. The blessed child > handed it to the man and asked him to light it. > > The man did so and remarked, "What is this supposed to prove?" > > The young boy asked, "In which direction is light from the candle going?" > > The man responded, "It is going in all directions." > > The boy: "You have answered your own question. Allah`s light (noor) goes > in all directions. He is everywhere. There is no where that He cannot be > found. > > "The crowd cheered again...."Takbir!"...."Allah-hu-akbar!!!" > > The man was so impressed and so moved by the boy`s knowledge and > spirituality, that he embraced Islam and became a student of the young boy. > > So ended the debate. > > Who was the young boy? > > The young boy was one of our leaders and one of the greatest scholars, > Imam Abu Hanîfa (May Allah bless him). > Don't only read this story pass it on so as other will learn from the > lessons it Carrys with it. [image: 🌟] > > ~~ Via iPhone, Sjamsir Sjarif, Santa Cruz, CA, USA > > -- > . > * Posting yg berasal dari Palanta RantauNet, dipublikasikan di tempat lain > wajib mencantumkan sumber: ~dari Palanta R@ntauNet~ > * Isi email, menjadi tanggung jawab pengirim email. > =========================================================== > UNTUK DIPERHATIKAN, yang melanggar akan dimoderasi: > * DILARANG: > 1. Email besar dari 200KB; > 2. 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